On 22 Oct 2009, at 21:19, Martin Phillips wrote:

> [email protected] wrote:
>> ... one Keith Jones, who built some steam-powered narrowboats in the
>> 1980s/1990s? One called Firefly and one called Benson, I believe.
>> Benson is listed on the steam boat association's website.
>>
>
> Firefly was up for sale by one of the yards around Calcutt in around
> 1996, we were interested in buying her at the time. The steam plant  
> had
> been taken out and replaced with an SR4 (I think) - anyway, a big
> air-cooled Lister. Still very much a hire boat in internal fit-out  
> then,
> but she was nicely shaped with a big prow. She was up for sale with  
> WFB
> for quite a long time afterwards.

Hello Martin

Is Boden back at base yet ? How was the trip ?

Beeky

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